Dirty Neighbor by Vivian Connelly

Author:Vivian Connelly [Connelly, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Night Watch Publishing
Published: 2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Olivia

I heard my cell phone start to ring and I knew it was Cynthia before even looking at the screen. I had half been expecting her to call. We hadn’t talked in two days and she would be looking for fresh scoop. And I knew it was her because she was the only one who I had a ring tone set to “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”

“Hey Cynthia.”

“Congratulations!”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“I heard you’re engaged, Liv. I’m so excited for you.”

She was laughing so hard I was surprised she was still able to hold onto her iPhone. I glanced at the clock in my car and saw that it was officially four hours after I had blurted out our marital plans at the courthouse.

“Where the hell are you getting your information from, Cynthia? I haven’t even had a chance to talk to Jonathon about it yet. He practically ran out of the courthouse screaming.”

“Facebook. Where else, Liv?”

“Facebook?”

“Yeah, well I guess Jonathon must have talked to Bobby after he left the courthouse. You know how shit like that gets around, Liv, you’re not going to keep something like that quiet in Madison County.”

“Hold on a second Cynthia—you’re Facebook friends with Jonathon’s friend, Bobby?”

“Yeah, well he requested me a week or so ago. Sometime after you guys started your fake relationship. He thought it would be a good idea if we were Facebook friends. You know, keep up appearances and all…”

“Fabulous idea.”

“Plus, I don’t think Bobby is seeing anyone. His status is listed as single, and he is kind of cute…”

“Oh, this just keeps getting better. Maybe the four of us can go on a fake double date.”

I got a half laugh from her.

“Look Olivia, like it or not, this is news in Madison County. The biggest thing to happen last month in Madison was Cruzer’s drug store getting a handicap parking spot. People were already talking about this land thing between your dad and Jonathon’s father. Once you went the fake relationship route, it blew up on social media.”

“Blew up on social media, Cynthia? Seriously?”

“I’m telling you the God’s honest truth, there was an entire thread on the Madison County Facebook page about it.”

“Madison County has a Facebook page?”

“Yes. With like a thousand followers. People were going back and forth about your land thingy and then you started with the fake relationship and it went viral.”

“Viral?”

Cynthia always had a flare for the dramatic. I was still pretty sure ‘viral’ meant that the old timers were talking about it at Tony’s barber shop.

“Yes, viral. People are really eating up the whole Romeo and Juliet story you guys are spinning. It’s cute.”

“It sounds adorable.”

“You know what I mean. It’s just cute to watch, that’s all. Everyone is really rooting for you guys.”

I stayed quiet because I was ready to change the topic.

“Well, almost everyone is rooting for you.”

I was ready to change the topic. I was suddenly interested in what she had to tell me.

“What does that mean, Cynthia?”

“Jonathon’s got some catty ex-girlfriend from Clark County.

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